XLII.

So fair the maid in infancy had been, That San Sebastian chose her then to bear A cherub’s wings amid the festal scene Her warrior-patron’s day that honours there. And with her foster-sister not less fair, The noble Isidora, hand in hand, Oft walked she thus in childhood--beauteous pair! Though tender still their loves apart they stand, For San Sebastian’s siege the approach of Blanca banned.